# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paulinho-da-viola
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:14:04.568Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paulinho-da-viola"
name: "Paulinho da Viola"
slug: "paulinho-da-viola"
description: "Paulinho da Viola is a Brazilian sambista, singer-songwriter, guitar, cavaquinho and mandolin player, known for his sophisticated harmonies and soft, gentle singing voice."
tagline: "Brazilian musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paulinho_da_Viola.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Brazil"
  isoCode: "BR"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1942-11-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.8
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.00302933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/paulinhodaviola/"
    handle:    "paulinhodaviola"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/paulinhodaviolaoficial"
    handle:    "paulinhodaviolaoficial"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0196329/"
    handle:    "nm0196329"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0t2xdTxRXnffsmpMamH8Ls"
    handle:    "0t2xdTxRXnffsmpMamH8Ls"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.paulinhodaviola.com.br"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%87%D9%88_%D8%AF%D8%A7_%DA%A4%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "پولينهو دا ڤيولا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%8C%D0%BE_%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0"
    title: "Паулиньо да Виола"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulinho_da_Viola"
    title: "Paulinho da Viola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulinho_da_Viola"
    title: "Paulinho da Viola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulinho_da_Viola"
    title: "Paulinho da Viola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulinho_da_Viola"
    title: "Paulinho da Viola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulinho_da_Viola"
    title: "Paulinho da Viola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%95_%D7%93%D7%94_%D7%95%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%94"
    title: "פאוליניו דה ויולה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulinho_da_Viola"
    title: "Paulinho da Viola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%91%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BB%E3%83%80%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%82%AA%E3%83%A9"
    title: "パウリーニョ・ダ・ヴィオラ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%87%D9%88_%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "پائولینهو دا ویولا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulinho_da_Viola"
    title: "Paulinho da Viola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikiquote.org/wiki/Paulinho_da_Viola"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/087fc778-c1ed-4f32-bff7-19f8eeba9e57"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q241801"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1018921"
    title: "Paulinho da Viola"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump